Improved sofa bed and crib



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON OHAPIN, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVED SOFA BED AND CRIB.

Y Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,879. dated March21, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON GHAPIN, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sofa-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which-Figure l represents a sofa with a frame turned up in front to serve as acrib for a child. Fig. 2 represents the end View of a sofa bed with theen'd removed and the draw drawn out, as used for a sofa-bed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedrawings.

My improvement relates to the class of sofabeds which are adapted to beused foraloun ge and bed, also for a crib for a child.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, Fig. l, represents the frame or body of the sofa. B is a draw, with aframe top, C, attached to the front edge of the top of the draw by meansof hinges, so that it may be turned up, as shown in Fig. l, to serve fora crib for a child.` When not in use for a childs crib, it may be turneddown on top of draw B, as shown in Fig. 2, to serve as a bed-bottoniwhen the draw is drawn out. F is a cushion, fastened to seat I. To thefront edge, at G, is another cushion7 E, put together at the edge, at Gso as to form an even surface when turned over on form C for the purposeof serving for a bed. rIhe cushion F is designed to remain at all timeson frame I, and it need not be Vtrimmed or upholstered only on the frontedge. Cushion E, when not in use, as shown in Fig. 2, may be turned overon top of cushion F, for the purpose of use for a crib or lounge, andneed not be upholstered only on the top and front edge, at G. Draw B hasdovetail guides H H--one on each end--serving to guide the draw, andalso to tie the frame A together.

Draw B has sufficient space under frame O to contain bed-clothing whennot in use, and placed underneath frame I to serve the purpose of a sofaor lounge.

Having thus described Iny invention, what I cla-im, and desire to secureby Letters Patent., Is-` The combination of the several parts, asdescribed, for the purposes set forth.

SOLOMON CHAPIN.

Attest THOMAS BUssEEr, WM. DAEGEN.

